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Doctor Zhivago

Lake Pyhäselkä

Joensuu · FI  ·  Refugee trek

Doctor Zhivago filmed at Lake Pyhäselkä, Joensuu. A lake in eastern Finland is the place where a long trek of refugees was filmed.

Where to go

62.466667, 29.766667

Probable Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer. This is an area, not a spot. The coordinate is its middle, so use it to navigate to the place and not to line up a shot.

Good to know

Title
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
On screen
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In real life
Lake Pyhäselkä, Joensuu
Can you visit?
Open to the public, free
Time to allow
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Confidence
Probable

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Questions

Where exactly did Doctor Zhivago film at Lake Pyhäselkä?
At 62.466667, 29.766667 in Joensuu. Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer. This is an area, not a spot. The coordinate is its middle, so use it to navigate to the place and not to line up a shot.
Can you visit Lake Pyhäselkä?
Open to the public, free.
What else was filmed near Lake Pyhäselkä?
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